Conan’s Corpse Picker

  Chapter 1762 1761 [The high school student who was silenced]

  Toru Amuro: "..." My investigation unexpectedly collided with Jiang Xia's case again. Jiang Xia's physique of always meeting acquaintances is really hard to guard against. Fortunately, she was far enough away to not be involved.

  While thinking about it, he couldn't help looking at Tamanosuke Ito's ward: "..." Well, not only is it easy to meet acquaintances, but also always meet some unlucky acquaintances...

  Thinking of this, Toru Amuro suddenly felt a little sympathy for the high school student who was still in a coma: I hope that student is okay.

  …

  Jiang Xia returned to the theater building. When he looked up, he saw two policemen guarding the back door—maybe because there was another murder case last night when he relaxed a little bit. The police dare not be careless today. Even though they felt that the scene was almost done, they still sent people to guard here.

"Don't stay inside." A familiar policeman was guarding the door. Although he let Jiang Xia and his party in, he sighed wearily, "Otherwise, if there is another murder case, those reporters and the program crew may Be happy."

  Jiang Xia nodded: "Don't worry."

   Facts have proved that the worries of the police are unnecessary: ​​two members of the troupe were killed and one injured in this building, and now there are not even half of them left, and there is no way to rehearse at all. They all live in nearby hotels.

  Now there are only Jiang Xia and the others and a few sporadic policemen in the building, no matter how you look at it, they lack the conditions for the murder to happen.

  Walking all the way to the stage, Jiang Xia found a figure beside Naraku.

  —Sato Miwako squatted beside the deep pit, looking at something with a frown.

   "Officer Sato."

  Jiang Xia waved at her, and managed to slip into the cordon around the stage by brushing his face.

  Conan also sneaked in with Jiang Xia: Ito Hui was taking care of his brother in the hospital, and no one came to disrupt his sneaking plan this time.

  Although it was considered a good thing, it was really hard for Conan to be happy when he thought of the unlucky brother and sister, and he couldn't help sighing when he thought about it.

  Jiang Xia walked to Miwako Sato: "What are you looking at?"

Police officer Sato seemed happy with the appearance of this reliable helper, she pointed to the ground: "Beside Naraku, and on the ground inside Naraku, there are some fine powders and fragments scattered, I always feel that these things appear a bit abrupt, It's not like it should be on the stage.

"So I'm worried that after someone killed the financial manager elsewhere, they moved the body here and faked it as the first scene. But the people in the forensics department said with certainty that this is the first scene. The financial manager was indeed hit by the head. Died on the bottom of Naraku."

Jiang Xia nodded while listening, then picked up a small piece of debris from beside her, and twisted it with her fingertips: "It's like the kind of thin wood board that is not very good quality, very fragile and fragile—speaking of it, we heard it last night There was a noise from the side of the stage, and I ran over immediately. If the murderer really moved around Naluo, then the things he left behind must still be nearby."

  When Miwako Sato was reminded, she suddenly remembered something, and her eyes lit up: "That's right! This kind of traveling troupe often builds scenes on the stage, and the source of the fragments of this thin wooden board should be the set they used."

  Jiang Xia walked to the place where the materials were piled up next to the stage, reached out and rummaged through them, and soon found some wooden boards placed against the wall. Half of the boards were exposed, and half were blocked by heavy curtains.

   Miwako Sato put on her gloves and pulled out a piece.

   Seeing the board clearly, she suddenly froze.

  —The clue came too suddenly, the board was only halfway, it was broken in the middle.

   What was even more shocking was that the broken side was actually stained with dots of blood. The blood was still fresh, and it should have been left over from last night.

  No matter from which angle you look at this thing, it is a murder weapon with a story. Mao Lilan originally wanted to come over to help, but was startled when she saw this scene, and froze in place. Suzuki Sonoko silently withdrew her hand.

   Miwako Sato: "..." What were the colleagues in the forensics department doing last night? There was something obviously related to the murder weapon hidden so close to the place of death, but they didn't find anything!

  ... Well, I didn't find out in time either.

  Officer Sato reflected silently while calling for someone to come over for inspection.

   She took pictures of the pile of materials, then searched in the pile of lumber and found the other half of the board that was broken.

  Take out the two half pieces of wood and place them next to Naraku, and they fit together into a whole piece.

   After such a struggle, the cause of death of the financial manager became very clear—this thin wooden board happened to be slightly larger than the opening of "Naraku", and the color was very similar. Cover it over Naraku, and it's hard to notice it in dim light.

"...This board is only three millimeters thick, and there are traces of being cut in the middle. When someone passes by, the thin board will break from the middle because it cannot bear the weight of the person, and that person will fall into Naraku. Died instantly."

   Miwako Sato finally confirmed: "This is indeed not an accident, but a well-covered trap!"

Speaking of this, she was startled suddenly, and looked at Jiang Xia: "Wait, this board was cut in advance, so it must take a long time to arrange it. I remember you said that last night you followed Yi Dong Yuzhisuke came in, so he didn't have time to arrange these... Isn't he the murderer?"

Jiang Xia nodded and followed her words: "But he may have seen the murderer. Yidong is a good leader who loves the members of the regiment. When we visited him in the hospital just now, the policeman guarding the door said that Yidong has not woken up. , it may not be because the injury is too serious, but there are other reasons..."

Under his guidance, Miwako Sato stood up quickly, feeling that she understood everything: "The murderer is a member of this theater troupe, Tamanosuke Ito doesn't want to reveal his true identity, so he doesn't want to wake up and face the police—but the murderer won't Let him go!

   "Ito Tamanosuke saw that person's face, he will probably be silenced... maybe now, the murderer is on his way to the hospital to attack him!"

  …

  Ten minutes ago.

the other side.

   Yoko Kinoshita yawned and came to the hotel where the troupe stayed: As the host of the live broadcast, when she heard that Jiang Xia was going out again, she of course received the news immediately and came to investigate cooperatively.

"Jiang Xia said that the murderer is likely to be an insider." Yoko Kinoshita said to the camera, "Two people died in the troupe, and one was injured. Excluding the young elementary school students who could not be the murderer, there are exactly three remaining members—they are also in the process. They are three stuntmen with enviable skills."

  (end of this chapter)